Calochortus cernuus
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|image = Calochortus cernuus imported from iNaturalist photo 226162154 on 2 May 2024.jpg
|image_caption = Tochimilco, Puebla, Mexico, 2022
|genus = Calochortus
|species = cernuus
|authority = Painter
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Calochortus cernuus is a rare Mexican species of plants in the lily family. It is found only in the hills surrounding the community of Tepoztlán in the State of Morelos south of Mexico City, northeast of Cuernavaca.{{Cite web|url = http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=301649|title = World Checklist of Selected Plant Families|website = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date = 2016-06-02}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50083920|title = Calochortus cernuus J.H. Painter|website = Tropicos|access-date = 2016-06-02}}Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1994). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(3): 1-74. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
Description
Calochortus cernuus is a bulb-forming herb up to 40 cm tall, usually unbranched. Flowers are nodding (hanging) with dark brown sepals and purple petals.{{Cite journal|title = Contributions from the United States National Herbarium|url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/368393#page/492/mode/1up|publisher = United States National Herbarium|volume = v.13 (1909-1912)}}
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External links
- [http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/CalochortusSpeciesTwo Pacific Bulb Society, Calochortus Species Two] photos of several species including Calochortus cernuus
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Category:Plants described in 1911
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